Liz Trotta
Elizabeth Trotta (born 28 March 1937) is an American journalist and conservative commentator.
Contents |
[edit] Biography
Trotta was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Her parents, Gaetano "Thomas" Trotta, a successful pharmacist, and the former Lillian Theresa Mazzacane, were both Catholics who had emigrated from Italy.[1]Beside her parents, Liz had a sister, Mary L. Juba, who died in 2002. Liz has three nieces, Susan Christian of California, Dorene Juba-Peplau of Connecticut, and Catherine Juba of Florida, and one great nephew and two great nieces who reside in Connecticut.
Trotta is a Fox News contributor and the former New York bureau chief of The Washington Times.[2] She began her career in 1965, covering the Vietnam War as a correspondent for NBC News and later working for CBS News.[3] Trotta has taught journalism at Stern College of Yeshiva University. She has won three Emmy awards and two Overseas Press Club awards, and is a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[2]
[edit] Controversy
On 25 May 2008, Trotta expressed on Fox News an apparent desire that presidential candidate Barack Obama be assassinated prior to the 2008 United States presidential election.[4][5][6] While speaking about Hillary Rodham Clinton's reference[7][8] to Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, Trotta said:
| “ | ... and now we have what some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama. Um, uh, Obama. Well, both, which we could.[9] | ” |
Trotta apologized the next day.[10] A petition demanding that Trotta be fired was soon up on Care2 gathering over 14,000 signatures.[11][12]
In October 2011, Liz Trotta mocked the participants in Occupy Wall Street for being “people who like good weather”, and who spout “the ravings of what sounds like the Unabomber.”[13]
In February 2012, she made remarks on Fox News suggesting that women in the military should've expected a higher chance of rape if women are put into combat situations. In direct response to a Pentagon report that indicated a 64% increase in sexual assault in the military, Trotta said "Now, what did they (women in the military) expect?" She went on to say that the military should not fund programs in response to the 64% increase in sexual crimes. [14] Trotta responded to criticism of her comments the following week.[15]
[edit] References
- ^ Hoffman, Joyce (2008). On Their Own, p 243. Retrieved on 2009-07-06 from http://books.google.com/books?id=ZaQlHPGbntwC&lpg=PA243&ots=ozK15cdfgX&dq=Elizabeth%20Trotta%201937&pg=PA243.
- ^ a b "Liz Trotta". Fox News Channel. 2004-10-04. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34775,00.html. Retrieved 2008-05- Trotta also holds a Bachelor's degree in English Literature from Boston University. 26.
- ^ "Fighting for Air: In the Trenches with Television News.". The Washington Monthly. 1991-06-01. http://www.encyclopedia.com/printable.aspx?id=1G1:10843605. Retrieved 2008-05-26.[dead link]
- ^ "Fox News Contributor Jokes About Bumping Off Obama". Editor & Publisher. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003808177. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
- ^ Rutenberg, Jim (2008-05-27). "Same Joke, More Regret". The New York Times. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/same-joke-more-regret/. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ BET.com - News You Should Know » A Call For Liz Trotta’s Job After On-Air ‘Joke’ About Obama Assassination
- ^ Collinson, Stephen (2008-05-24). "Clinton tries to move past Kennedy assassination comment". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20080527234123/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080524/wl_afp/usvote. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ "What Does RFK's Assassination Have to Do with It?". YouTube. 2008-05-23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vyFqmp4wzI. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ "Media Frenzy". Fox News. 2008-05-25. http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=videolandingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=769481. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ Michael Calderone's Blog: Fox analyst apologizes for Obama assassination joke - Politico.com
- ^ "Fox News Commentator Criticized for Remarks". OhmyNews. 2008-05-27. http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?article_class=3&no=382654&rel_no=1. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "In the context of no-context". Los Angeles Times. 2008-05-31. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/la-oe-daum31-2008may31,0,1316586.column. Retrieved 2008-06-01.[dead link]
- ^ "Fox News’ Liz Trotta: Occupy Wall Street Message Is Like ‘The Ravings Of The Unabomber’", Mediaite, 2011-10-08
- ^ "Fox News' Liz Trotta On Women Raped In Military: 'What Did They Expect? These People Are In Close Contact' (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. 2012-02-13. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/fox-news-liz-trotta-rape_n_1274018.html. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StUC3ScquHo
